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ABC News Bangladesh mutiny spreadsTimes OnlineA mutiny by Bangladesh border guards that left 50 people dead has spread beyond the capital, Dhaka, to other towns around the country today.Bangladesh mutiny 'spreading' Aljazeera.netBangladesh troop mutinies break out beyond Dhaka Reuters IndiaAFP - BBC News - Outlook - Bloombergall 1,578 news articles हिन्दी में
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guardian.co.uk Obama seeks 4B over 10 years for health careThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is asking Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare costs to provide health care for the uninsured while making the just-enacted 0 tax cut for most workers permanent.Video: Obama-Congress:" we will rebuild, we will recover" [...]
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BBC News China rejects US rights criticismAljazeera.netChina has rejected the US state department's criticism of Beijing's human rights record, with state media describing the charges as "groundless, irresponsible and an interference in Chinese affairs".US hits China on human rights The Associated PressUS says China rights record worsens AFPXinhua - Bloomberg - Voice of America - Reutersall 3,296 news [...]
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Brisbane Times Scores survive Turkish airliner crash in AmsterdamThe Associated PressHAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands (AP) – A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam's main airport, but nearly everyone on board – 125 people – survived.Video: Amsterdam Plane Crash Probed CBSTurkish airliner crashes at Amsterdam airport, 9 [...]
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BBC News Pakistan police block Sharif supporters at assemblyReuters IndiaBy Kamran Haider LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police surrounded the provincial assembly in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday to stop supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif meeting a day after a court ruling against him and his …Pakistan Court Bars President’s Rival [...]
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guardian.co.uk 'Die with us' rebels tell Sri Lanka's refugeesReutersBy Shihar Aneez VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The Tamil Tigers gave V. Rasamalar no choice in how she would die — the separatist rebels told her she would die alongside them in Sri Lanka's war zone.Civilians caught in Sri Lankan crossfire Radio AustraliaSri Lankan [...]
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guardian.co.uk Can Iran make a nuclear bomb?SifyVienna: It's an argument over one figure: With 1010 kg of low-enriched uranium, does Iran have the capability to make a nuclear weapon?Video: Adjustment works start at Bushehr plantedit RussiaTodayIran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant crosses a milestone HinduXinhua - RIA Novosti - Aljazeera.net - The Associated Pressall 1,037 news articles
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ABC News NKorea builds underground missile fuelling station: reportAFPSEOUL (AFP) – North Korea has built an underground fuelling station at its long-range missile test site, making it harder for US spy satellites to predict the date of a launch, a news report said Thursday.Video: N.Korea says it is preparing satellite launch france24englishS. Korea says N. [...]
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CTV.ca China condemns Christie's auctionBBC NewsChina has condemned what it calls the illegal auction in Paris of two bronze artefacts taken from a Chinese palace 150 years ago. It has also warned Christie's auction house of unspecified consequences.China Fails to Halt the Sale of Looted Relics at a Paris Auction New York TimesSaint Laurent Million [...]
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AFP Pakistan wants drones on table in US-Afghan reviewAFPWASHINGTON (AFP) – Pakistan called for talks on ending controversial US drone attacks on its territory as it prepared for a three-way session Thursday with Afghanistan to chart a new "war on terror" strategy.Pakistan urges rethinking of US drone attacks Reuters IndiaPakistan foreign minister pushes US for [...]
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